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DAVID B. BOHL

Author, Speaker, Addiction & Relinquishment Consultant, Relinquishee, Adoptee, MPE

Why it is Essential to Build Recovery Capital

I posted at BeaconConfidential.com a piece that talks about Recovery Capital and why developing it is essential for successful healing and recovery. Read more about

May 1, 2023

The True Magic of Connection: Sometimes Healing Happens in Mysterious Ways

I have a confession to make. I believe in magic! Yes, yours truly, whose practices are grounded in evidence-based engagements and interventions, the man who

May 1, 2023

Identity Development: Sometimes Healing Happens in Mysterious Ways

The process of Identity Development is important to all human beings, and although associated with adolescence, it is a profess that for a number of us is

April 25, 2023

Recovery Management can be THE Difference Maker In Healing and Recovery

I posted at BeaconConfidential.com a piece that explains how and why Recovery Management (RM) can make a difference between successful healing and recovery and continued

April 24, 2023

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: FAMILY OF ORIGIN SEPARATION TRAUMA AND ADDICTION – CARE PLANNING AND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

I was honored to speak to the clinicians at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation today, especially as a graduate of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate

April 19, 2023

Bill W was a Relinquishee

Imagine being an 11-year-old boy and having your childhood shattered after being abandoned by both your mother and father. The carefree days spent in rural

April 17, 2023

HIGH-VALUE-ADDED CONSULTING AND COACHING:
Case Studies

In the following series I will talk about composite case studies based on clients who came to my practice looking for help with their

April 11, 2023

HIGH-VALUE-ADDED CONSULTING CASE STUDY:
IAN

I met the B. family after the mother (Mary) reached out to me once she read my memoir, Parallel Universes . She emailed sharing that

April 5, 2023

HIGH-VALUE-ADDED CONSULTING CASE STUDY:
MELANIE

I met 29-year-old Melanie at an adoption event that she attended with her adoptive parents. We met in a social setting, and I shared that

April 5, 2023

Haymarket Center Spring Workshop: Family of Origin Separation Trauma and Addiction – Care Planning and Recovery Management Implications

I was honored to have kicked off the 2023 Haymarket Center Spring Workshops with the presentation: Family of Origin Separation Trauma and Addiction – Care

March 27, 2023

Confirmation Bias and What Trust Has to do With It

One of the most challenging aspects of growing up with developmental trauma is having to unlearn certain beliefs—beliefs that might’ve served us at one point,

February 28, 2023

Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital Seminar –
Adoption and Foster Care: Considerations for Medical Practice

I once again had the opportunity to present to Dr. Samantha Wilson‘s class at the Medical College of Wisconsin titled Adoption and Foster Care: Considerations

February 7, 2023

On Grieving Many Times, and Many Times Over

My beautiful, sweet mother died last week at the age of 90 years old. She passed while I was on a plane on my way

January 30, 2023

The Antidote to Shame

I was relinquished at birth, then adopted into a new family at the age of one-week old. I entered this world without the safety net

January 16, 2023

ANNOUNCING: A NEW PARTNERSHIP, A NEW HOPE Click here to read an introduction I wrote to the Adoption Constellation. I have the honor of collaborating

December 30, 2022